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The Scots Irish were one of early Pennsylvania’s largest non-English immigrant groups. They were stereotyped as frontier ruffians and Indian haters. In The Scots Irish of Early Pennsylvania, historian

Understanding Philadelphia’s history requires that we understand that nothing is inevitable; history is not made by abstract forces, but by the decisions of real individuals as they conduct their live

從認識、探索、挑戰到理解， 融入閱讀與科學教育的繪本！ 鏗！鏘！哐啷！ 這是爸爸在工作的聲音。儘管他是一位發明家，但他從來沒有發明過任何完美的東西......因為他還沒找到真正極佳的點子。 一天，爸爸帶著家人去密西根湖釣魚，女兒維蕾娜問他： 「你想過變成一條魚是什麼感覺嗎？」 接著爸爸就奔向他的工作室。幾個星期後，他打開門，展示一艘潛水船。它非常小，爸爸只能勉強進入其中，頂部伸出一條管子供他呼吸，底部撐出一支桿子讓他可以在湖底前進。 這樣能成功嗎？ 【本書特色】 ●真實故事轉化生動有趣的內容，讓孩子身歷其境 根據洛德納・菲利普斯的生平，作者以俏皮的文字，並使用可預測讀物重複句子的設計，搭配繪者富有想像力的藝術風格，用最生動有趣的方式，帶領孩子認識這一位最早期的現代潛水艇創造者。 ●重視「核心素養」，跨領域的知識內容 配合書中爸爸不斷研發、探索、試錯，讓孩子能感受到創造過程中的樂趣，同時能藉由故事中遇到的問題，建立孩子對浮力的認識及探索影響浮沉的原因，並初步認識幾何形體的特徵，進而操作與規劃，思考如何解決問題。 ●正向的品格教育 故事中，爸爸不會因為失敗而氣餒，反而是從失敗中，獲得更多新的想法，不停地繼續挑戰和修正，越做越好，培養孩子克服困難與堅持不懈的人格特質。 ●培養良好的親子關係 爸爸與孩子針對問題引發更多創新的思考，媽媽支持著家人，強烈體會親子間和樂融融的互動，能讓孩子帶往更積極正面的學習態度。 【榮獲各項好評】 《學校圖書館學報》(School Library Journal)年度最佳選書 美國CCBC Choices獲選童書 (CCBC Choice) 初級圖書館協會精選 (Junior Library Guild Selections) 康斯托克朗讀獎 (Comstock Read Aloud Book Award) 紅苜蓿繪本獎入圍 (Vermont Red Clover Award Nominee) 賓夕凡尼亞青少年讀者選書獎 (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Master List) 銀行街年度最佳兒童讀物 (Bank Street CBC Best Children's Book of the Year) K-12學生優秀科學書籍獎 (NSTA/CBC Outstanding

Conceptions of distance are foundational to historical thought, but Mark Salber Phillips gives the idea new subtlety and meaning. He argues that distance is a matter not just of time and space but als

The Landscape of Historical Memory explores the place of museums and memorial culture in the contestation over historical memory in post–martial law Taiwan. The book is particularly oriented toward th

This ground-breaking edited collection draws together Australian historical scholarship on Chinese women, their gendered migrations, and their mobile lives between China and Australia. It considers di

This hysterical, historical joke book is full of hilarious jokes and witty illustrations based on characters that children will recognise throughout history. Featuring kings and queens, Romans, Victor

On 22nd January 1996 Dave Schultz, Olympic gold medallist and wrestling's golden boy, was shot in the back by John E. du Pont at the famed Foxcatcher estate in Pennsylvania. That started a two day sie

Though she grew up in rural Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson dreamed of the sea. In 1936 she began work with the Bureau of Fisheries and soon after published Under the Sea Wind, her first of many nature bo

Merlin the Magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to ask for help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! The broth

Merlin the Magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to askfor help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! The brothe

★入圍2025 Booker Prize★榮獲 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction、Winston Graham Historical Prize1962年12月，英國西南的寒冬籠罩。鄉村醫師 Eric Parry 在雪夜巡診，思索著心底的秘密；農場主與妻子 Rita 則掙扎於過去與未竟的夢想。當暴風雪突襲，他們的生活如冰層般龜裂。《The Land in Winter》以細膩筆法描繪人性在孤寂與極限下的掙扎與溫度。Andrew Miller 將愛、階級與命運編織成一幅冬日心靈圖景，語調沉靜卻極具力量。・入圍與獲獎並列多項重要文學獎・文字冷峻細緻，具 Hilary Mantel 式深度・探討家庭、身份與自然之間的張力⭐ Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025⭐ Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025⭐ Winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2025DECEMBER 1962, THE WEST COUNTRY.Local doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage. Across the field, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of a past life her husband prefers to ignore. He’s been up for hours, tending to the needs of the small dairy farm where he hoped to create a new version of himself, a project that’s already faltering.But when the ordinary cold of an English December gives way

AnEaterBest Food Book of 2023ASmithsonianBest Food Book of 2023From theNew York Times-bestselling author ofCodandSalt, a delectable look at the cultural, historical, and gastronomical layers of one of the world's most beloved culinary staples-featuring original illustrations and recipes from around the world.As Julia Child once said, “It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.”Historically, she's been right-and not just in the kitchen. Flourishing in just about every climate and culture around the world, onions have provided the essential basis not only for sautés, stews, and sauces, but for medicines, metaphors, and folklore. Now they're Kurlansky's most flavorful infatuation yet as he sets out to explore how and why the crop reigns from Italy to India and everywhere in between.Featuring historical images and his own pen-and-ink drawings, Kurlansky begins with the science and history of the only sulfuric acid–spewing plant, then digs through its twenty varieties and the cult

PRE-ORDER NOWSet in a historical moment of moral crisis, Crossroads - the first instalment of the trilogy A Key to All Mythologies - is the stunning foundation of a sweeping investigation of human myt

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE “A taut page-turner with all the hallmarks of a good historical thriller.”—Orlando SentinelThe gripping true story of the “duel to end all duels” in medieval France a

Historical monarchs are interviewed from the grave in this hilarious children’s graphic novel.Discover the incredible stories of rulers throughout history in this hilarious graphic novel that brings t

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train returns with an ambitious, emotionally resonant historical novel that captures the hardship, oppression, opportunity and hope of a trio of w

Set in 1912 and centered on a historical event, the moving and compelling coming-of-age story of Turner, a white minister’s son who discovers joy through his friendship with a black girl, Lizzie, and

This scribble-in activity book is packed full of inventions to design or discover, from real historical breakthroughs to crazy contraptions to get you out of bed in the morning. The process of inventi

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor BookWinner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical FictionWhen eleven-year-old Langston's father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago's Bronzeville distr

A brutal murder draws nobleman Sebastian St. Cyr into the tangled web of the British royal court in this gripping historical mystery from the national bestselling author of Where the Dead Lie.London,

Based on rare first-hand historical data, Wang Ke presents the analysis of the East Turkestan from the perspective of Islamic social structure, the origin and evolution of thoughts on national revolut

History begins with Herodotus (485–425 b.c.e.). Born in Halikarnassos, a gateway between the Greek and Persian worlds, Herodotus in his Histories narrates the great historical struggle between t

A Step 3 BIOGRAPHY READER about the unsung historical figure and Founding Mother Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton.Hamilton, the musical, is igniting American history fever in adults and kids--especially ab

Oxford International Primary History develops inquisitive and engaged learners through a six year primary history course. Helping students contextualise historical events, it provides a firm foundat

“TAUT, ALMOST UNBEARABLE SUSPENSE . . . This galvanizing historical portrait of courage, determination, and abiding love mesmerizes and shocks.” —Booklist (starred review)“All

In the nine original essays collected in this volume, cultural historians,literary scholars, an art historian, and a historical musicologist set out to recover the sights, sounds, and smells of the So

“A brisk historical tour of the marketing and selling of the small principality of Monaco and its famous city…A well-researched, dramatic rags-to-riches urban tale” (Kirkus Reviews) of Monte Carlo’s r

This detailed guide explores the historical development of algorithms and how they are used as a way of teaching computers to work through problems. Named for Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa a

Each title in this series takes readers on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant. Each book features

"Interesting, affordable and readable.... Offers the reader an opportunity to delve further into each mineral's historical significance in an accessible way." -- Booklist Fifty Minerals that Ch

What in Brief is Buddhism? Looks at the great religious system of Buddhism diachronically on a historical timeline, and synchronically as a widespread heritage of humankind as it enters the new

Classic Grounded Theory: Applications with Qualitative and Quantitative Data is unique in its presentation of classic grounded theory, from its historical origins to step-by-step guidance on how to ca

In historical accounts, Aradia has many faces: she is depicted as the daughter of a goddess, as the leader of a resistance movement, as the ‘first witch,’ as the embodiment of the Divine Feminine, and

Richard III is one of the finest of Shakespeare's historical dramas. Although it has a huge cast, Richard himself, gleefully wicked, charismatically Machiavellian, always dominates the play: a role to

Kendo is the first book in English to provide an in-depth historical, cultural, and political account of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane

Peter Carey's novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force set in Victorian

This Newbery Medal-winning book and children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich a